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The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

7.6/ 10

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1987

Release Year

163 min

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Drama
History

Overview

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Keywords

suicide
experiment
china
isolation
buddhism
becoming an adult
war crimes
suicide attempt
war on drugs
revolution
drug addiction
opium
arranged marriage
world war ii
emperor
coup d'etat
manchuria
dynasty
reeducation camp
biography
based on true story
autobiography
teacher
beijing, china
dowager
decadence
communism
1920s
1940s
1950s
1910s
1930s
japanese occupation of china
prisão
suicídio

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8.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

July 17, 2023

8
8/10

This is a glorious film to watch on a big screen. It depicts the end of empire and the birth of new ones - and it does it in a spectacularly colourful and stylish fashion. The death of the Empress Dowager sees the toddler Pu Yi ascend the Dragon Throne of China, and live amidst concubines and eunuch

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